Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Sushmita Dev’s car was vandalised in Tripura by some people which she alleges were of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP). Some employees of a private firm that is helping Ms Dev’s party in political campaigns were injured in the attack.
Ms Dev was with employees of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), a political public relations and consultancy firm, when the attack happened. Political strategist Prashant Kishor and I-PAC had worked with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s party for the West Bengal assembly election earlier this year.
As per visuals there is a blue SUV with Trinamool Congress’s election symbol with multiple dents and loudspeakers on it’s roof.
“Sushmita Dev along with 10 other party workers of TMC were brutally attacked by workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party at Amtali bazar around 1:30 pm. The perpetrators vandalised vehicles, physically assaulted workers of the TMC and outraged the modesty of female party workers,” the Trinamool Congress said in a complaint to the police.
“This was accompanied by theft of property including mobile phones belonging to supporters of the party. We request you to urgently enquire about the matter and bring the perpetrators to justice,” the Trinamool Congress said.
Ms Dev is crisscrossing Tripura to launch her party’s campaign “Tripurar Jonno Trinamool” or “Trinamool for Tripura”.
“Our national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has declared that the TMC will be contesting all the upcoming elections in Tripura and likewise we are preparing to contest the civic body polls. Let the polls be declared then the party will formulate a final strategy,” she told reporters in state capital Agartala on Thursday.
“The campaign will continue for 10-12 days, covering all 60 assembly constituencies in 58 blocks of eight districts. We will go to the people, interact with them and listen to their problems. Three teams have been formed for the campaign,” she said.
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